Crystal Clear
Chapter1
The sky was clouded. The sun hidden behind the clouds gave hints of long bright light strings that pushed its way down throughout the roads and passageways of a crowded city.
Despite the rain drops that now were threatening to fall heavier, everyone seemed so undisturbed by the fact, walking in various directions as if it was the beginning of a busy day which is kind of a strange thing since it was the end of the week and the majority of people should be resting in their homes enjoying their time with the family or simply sleeping the day off.
However, for a certain person that wasn't the plan. Anzu Mazaki was obliged to work her butt off during the weekend, which is not really something to complain about since the extra cash she was making managed to pay the bills just fine.
Having to work hard for a living was now something Anzu is forced to adapt within her daily life.
She was only in her early twenties and studying in the mornings then working all day long till nearly sunset was not the ideal life for a young woman her age. But again, you can't tell exactly what ideal life people should lead.
The challenges she faced in the past two years were more than enough to give her quit a sharp insight on the ugly side of real life.
The death of her father was a major shock to her and a tremendous trauma. Being the only child in a family with two members didn't leave her that much of an option to deal with the life she's currently confronted with.
She struggled for months to get over the pain and the emotional disaster that laid its weight upon her shoulders. Deciding it was the time to move along and uplift her spirits, since being depressed about it won't lead her anywhere, she chose to make studying her point of focus drawing the strength from within herself and from her father's words to never give in and strive to the limits.
Anzu, however, wasn't struggling financially at first. The heritage that her father left was enough to provide her a decent life. But, on a longer range it wasn't going on that well so eventually it was compulsory for her to get a small job in order to balance her income and make it suitable for her daily needs and mainly because her education and future depends on that.
Her face lit with a welcoming smile at an old man entering the restaurant, that she now spent nearly six hours in. rushing from a table to another, getting orders from both, the customers and her- lazy out raged at merely anything-boss.
She was exhausted! Still, she managed to remain calm as a few minutes separated her from being home lying comfortably in her-long waiting- bed.
Gracefully she led the old man to his usual table at one of the corners, he was a regular customer so it wasn't hard for her to adjust his order swiftly. Few seconds later she came back with his order, he nodded a Thank You and she smiled slightly at him.
His soft attires and the warmth of the smile that crept on his wrinkled face while he sipped his tea, was something Anzu found amusing about the man. There's something about him that just felt….. relaxing.
Mr. Tsunada or Tsunada-san, if she dared to say, was a good company for her in the past few days. Whenever he's there earlier in the day they would sit and chat a little , that of-course if there wasn't any rush during the day. He reminded her a lot of her father,the way he talks with so much joy in his voice and the advices he would provide with hinted words.
However, today wasn't one of those days and Anzu was literally dying to go home. Going back to the changing room Anzu waved Tsunada-san a Goodbye. She reached her locker and changed to her regular clothes not forgetting to drew on her rain coat. Picking up her umbrella she emerged from the back exit.
soon enough she was met by the cold waves of air caused by the ,now heavily raining, clouds. The sky was dark with silent lightening straps that appeared every once in a while signaling the beginning of a long stormy night. Anzu continued walking trying her best to ignore the bad weather, having to walk all the way back to her house was stressful enough and a bad weather was such a great addition to the experience.
Her foot steps were heavy even though she was trying her best to walk faster but she failed miserably, her legs were barely carrying her weight and her head was bounding from this ridiculous headache.
Finally, she reached home. Climbing up her door steps, she unlocked the door. Her left hand rose to the side of the door flicking on the lights. The dim lights revealed a small, yet, cozy living room to the sight. Dragging her feet in, she took off her soaked coat and hung it on the wall to her right.
Anzu stumbled in throwing her tiered figure on the comfortable sofa. A soft groan escaped her lips when her back muscles started to loosen up sending shivers of pain down her spine. Lightly the pain disappeared and she was nothing but blissfully relaxed to the point of dizziness, oh how she loved this feeling! fast enough, Anzu was drifted to a calm slumber not really caring about changing into her pajamas or even taking off her shoes for the matter.
Anzu woke up the next morning with a terrible cramp. She moved into a seating position on the sofa, "well, that what you get for sleeping improperly " she mumbled to herself rubbing her neck furiously after few head turns to her left and right, she was able to bring her eyes level to a proper height to take a glance at the clock above the TV. It read, 7:23am.
What on earth!... She must be crazy getting up this early specially when she doesn't need to attend any classes today and her job at the restaurant won't start for another eight hours. So gladly she shifted into a more comfortable position, grabbing the remote control from the small coffee table in front of her, she swiftly pressed the button bringing the dead screen to life.
After a few minutes of flipping through channels, she finally came across something that caught her eye. "was that….." she stopped mid-sentence narrowing her eyes to get a better view of the face that appeared on the screen.
Blue piercing eyes, brown smooth hair, "Kaiba?" she finished with amusement.
The man was standing in front of a crowd in what appeared to be a conference. She quickly scanned the news tape at the bottom of the screen. 'CEO of kaiba corp: the latest electronic products would be soon available worldwide…' Anzu made a face slightly raising an eyebrow. Some things seemed to go damn well for certain for seto kaiba of all people, things must go damn well if the world knows what's best for it.
Remembering him from their high school days, he didn't seem to change a lot, the same stiff attitude and the glare on his face was almost as if it was just painted there.
The corner of her mouth twisted in a smirk. Still, an asshole! Anzu noted when her memory took her back to the days when he would torment her and her friends with his annoyingly silly smart remarks, especially poor Junouchi, even though she wasn't one to interact with him that much but he seemed to have a way of getting under people's skins.
But, hey! Who's she to judge him now, it's been a long time since she actually met the guy who knows maybe he changed. Quickly, getting on her feet, Anzu switched off the TV. It's time for a morning walk in the fresh air.